Work towards an initial C++ theme of contributions

[rlaemmel]

Background

We have this *.cpp stuff:

$ pwd
/home/billg/101repo/contributions
$ find . -name "*.cpp"
./cppMpl/src/cut.cpp
./cppMpl/src/total.cpp
./qt/QtImplementation/company.cpp
./qt/QtImplementation/companyobject.cpp
./qt/QtImplementation/department.cpp
./qt/QtImplementation/employee.cpp
./qt/QtImplementation/main.cpp
./qt/QtImplementation/mainwindow.cpp
./qt/QtImplementation/registry.cpp

These are the 101wiki pages for this stuff:

• http://101companies.org/wiki/Contribution:cppMpl
• http://101companies.org/wiki/Contribution:qt

There are these issues:

• Nobody has ever properly validated those contributions for general quality.
• Most likely, these implementations are outdated in terms of the evolving feature model.
• The documentation is either missing or incomplete.
• The metamodel for documentation has changed anyhow and so any existing doc needs revision and extension.
• The choice of C++ styles and technologies is somewhat arbitrary. The C++ eco system should be represented better.

Plan of action

• Use Java- and Haskell-based implementations for inspiration, as they be of reasonable quality.
• Understand the existing two contributions.
• Potentially revise the existing contributions to become more "compliant" with the current feature model.
• Provide proper documentation on 101wiki for the existing contributions.
• Identify a few more low-hanging fruits as to what deserves coverage for C++.
• Implement those 2 or more C++-based contributions.
• Try to gather and use C++ best practices with regard to build and test.
• Provide feedback to the team on what the issues where with all of the above.

Links

• http://101companies.org/wiki/Namespace:Feature
• http://101companies.org/wiki/Theme:Haskell_introduction

[rlaemmel]

Ok, I sort of improved the description of the issue.
It is now also assigned to Baharak.
So we are ready to go on this one.
Have fun.